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Paul Homewood
From The Independent:
Air New Zealand on Tuesday scrapped its 2030 carbon emissions reduction target, citing delays in new aircraft production, a lack of alternative fuels and “challenging” regulatory and policy settings.
The move by the national carrier, one of New Zealand's largest companies by revenue, is the most dramatic reversal yet of an airline's commitment to a United Nations framework designed to keep businesses on track to meet targets. Paris Agreement Regarding emissions reductions, the barriers faced by airlines and policymakers in reducing aviation emissions were highlighted.
James Higham, a sustainable tourism expert at Griffith University, said: “If even Air New Zealand can't do it, it kind of confirms the reality that under the current technology system Under this circumstance, reducing aviation emissions is an impossible task. Australia.
Tuesday's update departs from Air New Zealand's 2022 announcement, which saw it become the second airline in the world to have its plans validated by the United Nations Science Goals Initiative aviation framework. It pledged to reduce carbon emissions by 28.9% by 2030 compared with the 2019 baseline, with absolute emissions falling by 16.3%.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/air-new-zealand-scraps-its-2030-carbon-emissions-target-saying-solutions-are-costly-and-scarce/ar- BB1qTkXY
Little by little, the ambition of net zero emissions is colliding with reality.
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